& PLANS

Magazines/Periodicals (We are still taking Subscriptions for the 2 Magazines below)

 

Light Iron Digest, 6 issues per year, Narrow Gauge, Industrial & Shortline Modeling

 

Roy C. Link, 4 issues per year, Narrow Gauge Industrial Modeling (mainly British prototype)

 

       

Books
  • NEW   A Century + Ten of D&RGW Narrow Gauge Freight Cars     (In Stock)     $85.00

BHI Publications and Robert E Sloan. A definitive guide to D&RGW Narrow Gauge Freight Cars from 1871 to 1981.  Softcover, 362 pages in black and white, pictures, drawings, diagrams. 

  • NEW   Slow Trains Down South Vol 1     (In Stock)     $90.00

Hundman Publishing inc, Mallory Hope Ferrell.  A pictorial study of off-the-beaten path short line steam in Dixie’s "Bible Belt." Volume I covers Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee. .  Hardcover, 287 pages in black and white - a few colour. 

  • NEW   Slow Trains Down South Vol 2     (In Stock)     $90.00

Hundman Publishing inc, Mallory Hope Ferrell.  A pictorial study of off-the-beaten path short line steam in Dixie’s "Bible Belt." Volume II covers Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and East Texas.  Hardcover, 226 pages in black and white - a few colour. 

  • NEW   Railroad Camp     (In Stock)     $29.95

Canadian Caboose Press, Adolf Hungry Wolf,  A tribute to the now-gone place of drama and character in the Northwest woods.  Softcover, 80 pages in black and white. 

  • NEW   A Beginner's Guide to Creative Effects for your Model railroad     (In Stock)     $47.95

J-T Publishing, Paul M Newitt,  Have you always wanted to make creative effects for your model railroad, but didn't know how? Many off-the-shelf items in lighting, animation, and sound are available and are easy to operate.  Learn to make an operating crane by using gear motors and a remote controller, build a working conveyor loader, or an operating turntable that moves at scale speed. Animate a waterfall, create smoke, simulate fire, and project theatrical type lighting. These are only a few of the many items covered in this book.  Learn how to make a working crossing gate with lights, a simple track signal system, or a street system with moving cars and trucks. New ideas and materials are explained to the novice modeler with easy-to-understand instructions, photographs, and diagrams..  Softcover, 200 pages in black and white. 

  • NEW   The Chili Line III and Santa Fe the City Different     (In Stock)     $90.00

Compiled by Richard L. Dorman.  This Third Edition of the Chili Line includes 16 new pages, featuring photos and information that have come to light since the book was first published in 1996. One of the D&RGW's most beloved branches, the 100-mile-plus Santa Fe Branch connected the New Mexico capital to the Rio Grande's San Juan Extension at Antonito, Colorado, from 1881 until 1941. The book also includes more than 50 pages of historic photos and maps of the D&RGW line from Antonito to Chama, New Mexico. That 64-mile line survives, and now operates as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad..  Hardcover, 232 pages in full colour. 

  • NEW   Durango & Silverton     (In Stock)     $75.00

Narrow Gauge Preservation Foundation, Sam Furkawa,  Companion Book to the Cumbres & Toltec.  This is Sam's second book - A photographic celebration of America's favorite narrow gauge train ride.  Hardcover, 176 pages in full color. 

  • NEW   Cumbres & Toltec     (In Stock)     $75.00

Narrow Gauge Preservation Foundation, Sam Furkawa,  Featuring 237 dramatic photos of America's premier narrow gauge living history museum, this new book is the result of Sam Furukawa's longtime fascination with the C&TS. Hardcover, 176 pages in full color. 
  • NEW   Steel Rails & Silver Dreams     (In Stock)     $79.00

Benchmark Publications.,  Darryl E. Muralt,  A History of the Dolly Varden Mines and the Narrow Gauge Dolly Varden Mines Railway, Hardcover, 183 pages, photos (B&W), drawings, maps.
  • NEW   Rocky Mountain Railroads, The Rio Grande Southern, Vol 1     (Out of Stock)     $65.00

R. D Publications.,  Richard Dorman,  Nearly all color coverage of the Rio Grande Southern, one of Colorado’s legendary narrow gauge lines, Hardcover,  8-1/2 x 11 in., 92 pages, color and b/w photos, maps.

We have the latest listing from Plateway Press.  A large range of books about Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railways.  

  • Narrow Gauge Country 1870 - 1970     (In Stock)     $99.00

Hiemburger House Publishing Co.,  Mallory Hope Ferrell,  A Collection of over 600 B&W Photographs reliving the Story of the Narrow Gauge, Hardcover, 372 pages.
  • Chasing Trains (Signed Copy by Robert Richardson Aug 06)     (In Stock)     $105.00

Hiemburger House Publishing Co.,  Robert W. Richardson,  The Lifetime Story of the Founder of the Colorado Railroad Museum, Hardcover, 432 pages, 425 Colour & B&W Photographs, Drawings, Maps.
  • Rio Grande: Chasing the Narrow Gauge Vol 1     (In Stock)     $95.00

Heimburger House Publishing Co.,  Robert W. Richardson,  A devoted enthusiast study of the Narrow Gauge Railroads of Colorado, Hardcover, 208 pages, Colour Photographs, Drawings, Maps.
  • Nevada County Narrow Gauge     (In Stock)     $79.90

Heimburger House, Gerald M. Best, Story of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge, Hardcover, 215 pages, Maps, Timetables

  • Plymouth Gasoline Engines     (In Stock)    $55.00

          Maine 2 Foot Quarterly, Plymouth Locomotive Bulletins, 100 pages, Gloss Stock, 
          Limited to 200 copies

 

 

  • Sawmill Modeling    (In Stock)    $43.90

Paradise Publishers,  Sawmilling from 1850 to 1960in the Truckee River Basin of Northern California, Softcover, 100 pages, Drawings, Photos, Black/White
  • Modeling the Mining Industry: Compressed Air, its Generation and use in Mining   (In Stock)  $37.00

Western Scale Models, Complete discussion on the production and use of Compressed Air in the Mining Industry, Softcover - Comb-Bound, 75 pages, Drawings, Photos, Black/White
  • The Stationary Steam Engine     (In Stock)     $33.30

Western Scale Models, A brief look at their history, development and how they work, Softcover, 60 pages, Drawings, Diagrams, Black/White
  • Modeling the Mining Industry: Gold and Silver Stamp Mills    (In Stock)    $44.40

Western Scale Models, Gold & Silver Stamp Mills, Softcover - Comb-Bound, 101 pages, Drawings, Photos, Black/White
  • Gold & Silver Stamp Mills      (In Stock)    $36.00

Western Scale Models, A detailed look at Mill interiors with emphasis on the Standard Gold Mill at Bodie, California. Soft cover, 50 pages, 57 Colour Pictures